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Georgia State University Health Care Policy Discussion

Georgia State University Health Care Policy Discussion

1.Share an example of a healthcare policy that you suspect originated more out of an emotional outcry from the population than a true evidence-based decision-making process. Give some basic background on how the policy came into being, and share your opinion on if it was based on the best data available at the time. What do you think could have been done differently?

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A program that I question the benefit from is Medicaid. I couldn’t find anything about the research done before it was set in place in 1965 as part of the Social Security Act. Medicaid is designed to provide health coverage for low income people (Medicaid.gov, n.d.). While I think most people would agree that health coverage for low income people is something that our country should have, medicaid seems like a program that may not be the most effective. Project.